[Highest ranking: #1 in Spiritual on 15/8/18] ••• • In which a girl saved a boy's life in the most unexpected of circumstances • She drank water. He drank alcohol. She had a family who'd take a bullet for her. He had a family who'd throw him under the bus. She dreamt of her future. He dreamt of his death. Both are...
He was accused of a heinous crime. He was not trusted. His reputation, respectability, and honour all shattered away. He was falling hard in life. She was falling hard for him. A story where accusations are big, deceptions are fierce and love is passionate.
She broke all societal rules. She eloped. She was divorced. She left the realms of Islam. There was no going back... Until one man brought her back to respectability, religion and eventually hope for love. Manal Siddique was the good girl when she met the forbidden man. She fell head over heels for him and eloped...
He was a broken man. She was a troubled woman. They had a future together. Divorced and desolate Amal Baig led a quiet life with her father. She was compelled to fulfil her dying sister's wish to become the mother of her nieces. A decision that was difficult and terrifying after her horrid past. Her brother in law...
She was abandoned on her wedding day. The groom disappeared. There were accusations. Her honour was at stake. Her family was to be ruined. One man saved her from all this misery or was it to be yet another trial that she will face... Nawal Ahmed has been the adoring sister of her three brothers. She was pampered...
She was tested. Battered. And Bruised. He was her saviour. He was her only hope for survival, happiness and love. And she was not his... Ramlah Khan had always taken care of her younger sisters. She was the shoulder for her friends to cry on and her parents hope. She always believed that she could overcome a...
He pulls out a stack of fresh bills and throws them into the dying sky . Time freezes and all I can see is the tears on his face and the palace built upon stars and diamonds towering behind his back. Miracle this man was . The money flew away in utterly reasonable directions and the very ground beneath my bare feet sh...
Louisa May Alcott continues the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family. Entertaining, surprising, and overall a joy to read, Jo's Boys is nevertheless shaded by a bittersweet tone, for with it Alcott brought her wonderful series to an end...
Izzat, or honor, is a concept taught far and wide around the world. It is the perception of respect that many desire which they define as honor. However, the practice of "honor" varies greatly from one country to another and in some instances, "honor" ends up destroying lives. On my many travels, I have seen people e...
Raised as a Christian, Samuel Maximus Jameson Junior felt a close bond with the religion his mother had introduced him to. After her tragic passing, he continued to adhere to the faith, but found himself being drawn to the mystery that was Islam. After his father's conversion to Islam, he found himself wanting to know...
Momin Cheema was what the world called a "Prepper." He was sure that something big would happen soon in the world and he had to be ready. His backpack was solar powered and contained everything from tasers to a compact tent. He hung a foldable bike by the straps of his backpack and was certain that he would be ready f...
Dr. Farah Abed was intelligent. Top of her class since elementary school, she knew what success looked like first-hand and had reached every milestone in her life with gumption. People from the outside looking in, would compliment her on her success and tell he that she had a perfect life. They would tell her that she...
This is a story of the last humans on Earth. This is a story of our fight for survival, but it isn't just our story. This is the story of humanity and a man who was never given any. This is a story of a man who was so much more than human. He was a mutant. He was powerful. He was our savior. (Just going to make this...
Nedim looked at the young teen in front of him and called out, "Khadijah." "I know what you're going to say, Imam Nedim. You'll tell me to have patience. You'll tell me that we'll find my father. You'll give me reassurances. You'll tell me that you believe in him, but you know what Imam Nedim?" The blue-eye...
"Your husband is a terrorist! You rag-headed murderers! DIE!" A random woman yelled before hurling an egg towards the young woman. "Mama," Khadijah whispered fearfully before wrapping her arms around the hijab-clad woman. Iman inhaled deeply before covering Khadijah with her body. Her...
Dawood Khan, an American Muslim soldier in the US Army, had been an outsider for a good portion of his life. His Islamic identity was something he cherished, but others looked down on in disdain. Bullies at school ridiculed, mentally tortured, and physically assaulted Dawood for cherishing that identity. After a horri...